Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-11
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 bers of certificates winch are supposed
 to be in consecutive order, make 6
 jump from number 2547 10 3j4s, creating
 \ suspicion that one thousand certIi % . cates were frRudulen;ly disposed oi.
 The ChInamRn attempted to come m on
 one of the messing certificates and the s matter E now being investigated. Sus- D piciOn naturally falls on some ex-ol1- !, cisl of ,he Port Townsend custom house. TEo li5sls have been filed here to
 condemn opium and other goods seized
 here May 18th, snd consigned to Wing !. Chong. Of Sau Francisco. The goods ' are valued at SjO.OOO.
 Il AvAHE1N. Gal, June 7,-Rev. Father a V. Poran, a CAihol'c priest. was found 2 this morning lying in bed with two bul
 let wounds ID his head. and 8 revolver
 with two empty chambers by his side.
 Whether it is a case of suicide or mur- 5 der it is not known.
 MAroMoRAs, Mex, June 7-Col. Nieves Hernandez and forces arrived yesterday aud are reported to have ? brought nIne prisoners. The Mir rl11
 Martinez paper, giories ID the affair and says the bandits escaped with the loss of
 one horse wounded.
 CALCUTTA, Juue The troops ot the
 Ameer of AfghanistEn and Ghilzais. wEO
 are in revolt against tbs Ameer's author
 ity retain tbe same positions they have
 occupied for some time past and are ap
 parently trying Co stHrve each other out | SAN FRANCISCO. June 7-In referring
 to the telegtaphed state ment that a
 French syndicate had purchased large | tract of land on the San Pedro river ln l
 Sonora, Mexico. for the purpose of es-
 tablishing Q colony cf severs, thousand |
 families, F. 4. Pesol!, chancellor of the |
 French consulate, expressed the Opiu-
 ion that there was no truth in i:, or fl
 there was that Its importance has been | | greatly over estimated, nchmen ss
 q rule do not venture upon new soil m
 masses. The French government would | naturally be interested ID the departure
 at one time, of several thousands Of its
 subjects, and would probably raise some
 objections, II no definite knOwledre of the new country were at hand. Mexi-
 can Consul COney had DO information
 respecting the proposed colony.
 WASHINGTON, June 7.-Assistant Sec
 retary Maynard has informed the co
 leector of customs Gt EI fasl, that
 strict enforcement of the rePUla' ions for
 rec entry for domestic animals ex0CI;ed
 and returned will prevent illegal iTl-
 portstion of cattle described by him as
 having been branded m Mexico with the
 same brand as that used ID the United
 States.
 otWAsHINGToS, June 7,-The Secretary 0 the Treasury to-day authorized the
 Hployment of six nurses to attend the
 ID the hospital at Key West and
 UT guards to protect the property Of
 Tsons removed to the hospital
 NEW YORK, June "A naval court martial was commenced this morning before Acting Consul HOare to inquire into the cause of the collision between the Gaiilc and BrittsnIc, both belong Ing to the White Star Steamship Co, , whereby much damage was done and many lives imperilsd,
 QUEBEC, June News has been re- celved cf an earthquake which recently occurred In the vicinity of Saint Louise. ID County Lisseli, Province Ot Oubec. q The mountains were greatly disturbed, ! great massess Ot rock from sixty to , seventy teet square were GislOdged and i sent Eurhng into the valleys below ! Some of the largest trees Tn the forest were uprooted and dashed prostEate to 7. the earth, As far as can be learned no 7 casualties occurred.
 BOMBAY, June 7.-MiiItary and diplo- mstic circles arc excited over the latest ', news from UerAt IL is rumored that o the Ameet's troops have been again de !, teaied by the hardy and wsrlike Ghil ' zGls, who sIuce their first victory over ', the Ameer's forces a few weeks ago have be en receiving accessiOns from the other mountain tribes. The Ameer has drawn :, the garrIsOn from Heras to meet the re- DOls, leaving but R slender force of some V SIX hundred English to garrison she u town. The situi tIon is looked upon as critical. It is believed that the hand of si Hussia Is back O. all. and that Russian intrigue first melted the Ghilzais into 1 o, rebellion against the Amesr's authority. | G, men here are generally of the )plnIon that the day IS not far distant ql ghen England uust drive back the Rus II lan' from the gates Of Herst If Eng lsh supremacy ID India Is to be main aimed. F,
 COSsTASTISOPLR, June 7,-NeIiiIoE. V D communicating his governments ob- ge ecuons, hInted that If the Sultan ratified he convention, such action might cost ye iim hls throne He also indirectly IT hsrged England with bribing the co 'rsud flzier wieh G50O. OO0. and other Pr 'a!ace ohiclsls with large amounts, iu de rder to secure their approval uf the ie' o1vantion. The Sultan, after h,s lu- gls ervieT with Neliiioff, hurriedly sum- au loned Sir Henry Drummoud Wolff to pecial British Envoy, with reference to M ,gypt, and questioned him es to the ds ruth ot these charges. Sir Henry in- tn Ignantiy denied that he or his govern tw leat had been guilty of bribery. Tur- ish officials who were said 10 have re- wa eiTed bribes, he also warmly protested Cb leir innocence.
 LoSDoS, June Since the revelations nIa Jade by thg Pal Mall Gezests and fha c-r assage of the criminal lsw amendments 'as ili, the pnbiic have believed the traffic tio ] children impossible. The c.sa in L,,t smbeth police court therefore cansed q for liyerssl sensation of horror. Edward pr, ookwell and three women were arrest bv !, charged with keeping house of III cis, pute and having secured for their pat [ ns scores of gIrls from ten to fourteen bo- .srs Of age. | be prisoners and vic j.~, ns are of humble rank. The evidence cr, far shows tbe seducers Of the girls be- IT ng to the same class. The govern .t- .t. ent VIII prosecute the prisoners, all Of .io -N-@ "NaN DGktCklNC OLG- | -.l ns, ID the employ of the reformstory 1It' 'rt q refuge union, who hss taken the - incipsl part n bringing to light these .',PP nemes. states that during the past si- oS- lr years he has rescued four hundred TH s1s -is between the ages of four and a s o1 II and fourteen years from lives of gnu gnu me. ietL SAS FRANCISCO, June 7-Suit has en commenced by George E. Mowry .ec. aInst members of the Boyoottiny As 1O ,istion in this city for S25OlO. The r. lntiff ayers that defendants, by hay men . published and distributed pam dors lets stating that he sold Chinese sent k, and asking the public t1 boycott e1ce Q, have seriously injured him. He VT, thcr ayers that the charges contain in their pamphlets were false and eA'i. alOus. 70 ,Ew YORK, June 7-The prohibition ties iers from thIs and adjoining states sgal